Ok, my other initial 'newbie' questions.
This is not really axis or allies, but generic, if I have the wrong place, please move.
A lot of our kit is rather elderly, some of it twice our ages if you have picked up originals that have seen use. What do you use to look after it?
Webbing, I see tons (metric and imperial) on the subject of Blanco.
What about leather? The opinions on dubbing vs saddle soap seem to vary. A couple of items i have picked up have spots of that cloudy "i've got mould" look. Would these be a lost cause or salvageable?
Also a lot of items I have picked up have copper alloy rivets and fittings, the verdigris varies from heavy to 'there has to be a rivet under that somewhere?'
For the moment, I'm resorting to a damp toothbrush and rubbing (yes, its and old toothbrush and I know verdigris can be poisonous if ingested)
Any way to arrest this or prevent it (seal it with lacquer? Acrylic clear paint?).
I look forward to your answers and suggestions.
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Leatherwork is fairly easy. Saddle soap is exactly what it says - it's a soap, not a leather dressing. Use it to clean old leather, then once dried off (NEVER next to a radiator!) use Ko-Cho-Line to restore the leather. I've used this method to bring back 70 year old dried out German leather shoulder straps back to usable condition. As to the mould, wipe it off with a damp cloth, let it dry, then condition as above.
With regards to rivets, i've yet to find a decent method!
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I've found soaking metalwork in coca cola overnight or longer strips it back down to the metal and removes verdigris.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Brown sauce also works wonders. 
Painting on neat 'Cillit Bang*' with a small paint brush also works very well on greened copper/brass buckles and rivets 
*(The 'Original/orange package' not 'Grease Remover/green package')
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Painting on neat 'Cillit Bang*' with a small paint brush also works very well on greened copper/brass buckles and rivets
Also works on plutonium stains I hear.
I've heard Neatsfoot (don't know if thats spelt right
) is pretty good for leather.
Maybe... but it stinks! 
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Brown sauce also works wonders.
Can you imagine what it does to your insides!?
Well my insides don't have much verdigris or metal that needs cleaning...
I do, I have a cast iron stomach - built to withstand the worst (and best 
) of wifelet's cooking.
Pass the brown sauce, I need a de-coke!
haha, i suspect you'll be needing gause and bandages if she saw that comment!
haha, i suspect you'll be needing gause and bandages if she saw that comment!
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